Brewer was under tremendous pressure from moderate GOP leaders, including John McCain and Mitt Romney. A coalition of 80 large corps. threatened that such a bill would harm business interests in AZ. Statements from the NFL stoked speculation that it'd would pull out of AZ for the '15 Super Bowl.

What we are seeing in Arizona in microcosm is what we have witnessed in America for half a century: the growing intolerance of those who preach tolerance and the corruption of the concept of civil rights.

In the name of tolerance, liberal activists believe that if you do not worship at the altar of gay marriage, your business must be shut down — you must be punished. Sadly, they are also winning in court and that's why Arizona's SB 1062 must be signed into law.